Chinese Physics B, Volume. 29, Issue 10, (2020)
Magnetic characterization of a thin Co2MnSi/L10–MnGa synthetic antiferromagnetic bilayer prepared by MBE
A synthetic antiferromagnet based on a thin antiferromagnetically coupled Co2MnSi/MnGa bilayer with Pt capping is proposed in this work. Square magnetic loops measured by anomalous Hall effect reveal that a well perpendicular magnetic anisotropy is obtained in this structure. A very large coercivity of 83 kOe (1 Oe = 79.5775 A?m-1) is observed near the magnetic moment compensation point of 270 K, indicating an antiferromagnetic behavior. Moreover, the anomalous Hall signal does not go to zero even at the magnetic compensation point, for which the difficulty in detecting the conventional antiferromagnets can be overcome. By changing the temperature, the polarity of the spin–orbit torque induced switching is changed around the bilayer compensation point. This kind of thin bilayer has potential applications in spin–orbit-related effects, spintronic devices, and racetrack memories.
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Shan Li, Jun Lu, Si-Wei Mao, Da-Hai Wei, Jian-Hua Zhao. Magnetic characterization of a thin Co2MnSi/L10–MnGa synthetic antiferromagnetic bilayer prepared by MBE[J]. Chinese Physics B, 2020, 29(10):
Received: Feb. 14, 2020
Accepted: --
Published Online: Apr. 21, 2021
The Author Email: Lu Jun (lujun@semi.ac.cn)